Lewiston in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Grand View

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 19, 2015

1. Grand View Marker

Inscription. Built 1849 by Reuben H. & Maria Barton Broughton. R.H. Broughton served as state assemblyman - 1837. Town Supervisor - 1856. In 1857, it was purchased by Silas Hopkins, first judge of Niagara County and was named Grand View. Grand View was maintained by the Hoplins family until 1961.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 43° 12.773′ N, 79° 2.97′ W. Marker is in Lewiston, New York, in Niagara County. It is on River Road (New York State Route 18F) 0.2 miles north of Riverwalk Drive, on the left when traveling north. Site is vacant. Property is part of Joseph Davis State Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lewiston NY 14092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Joseph-Geneviève, Comte de Puisaye (approx. 0.6 miles away in Canada); Count De Puisaye House 1800 (approx. one kilometer away in Canada); Count De Puisaye House (approx. one kilometer away in Canada); The Field House / La Maison Field (approx. 1.3 kilometers away in Canada); British Landing (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Brown's Point (approx.

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1.8 kilometers away in Canada); Thomas Moore (approx. 2 kilometers away in Canada); a different marker also named Brown's Point (approx. 2.2 kilometers away in Canada).

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 19, 2015

2. Northward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 19, 2015

3. Southward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 19, 2015

4. Westward

Towards the Niagara River below the bluff.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 647 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 1, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.